FAST
Type
applied research project
Start Date
01 March 2008
End Date
31 December 2010
Status
ongoing
Keywords
FAST
EU
FP7
Enterprise Mashups
Description
The main objective of the project is to create a new a visual programming environment that will facilitate the development of complex front-end gadgets, involving execution of relatively complex
business processes that rely on back-end semantic Web services. The approach adopted will be usercentric rather than program-centric: instead of first building programs that orchestrate available
semantic Web services and then try to figure out how to implement interaction with the users at given points of the process execution flow, programmers will start from the front-end gadgets that the user
will see and interact with, and then, afterwards, they will visually establish the connection to back-end Web services going through process execution flows if necessary. The way programmers will visually establish this connection will follow an approach similar to what sequence diagrams in UML look like.

The FAST project believes that this new user-oriented approach is feasible and that it will overpass limitations of current business process engines approaches. In this approach, programmers will
visually manage and connect front-end gadgets, screen-flow resources and back-end services.

It is worth pointing out that the programming tool to be developed will be conceived as a tool that can be compatible with existing and future Mashup platforms. Our goal is not to develop the gadget
Mashup platform but a tool that enables to develop Mashup-able gadgets which rely on screen-flow resources and semantic Web services stored in a catalogue.

http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=9844968

German Abstract:

Das Projekt "Fast and Advanced Storyboard Tools" (FAST) wird im März 2008 starten und 36 Monate von einem fokussierten, Europäischen Konsortium bearbeitet: Teléfónica Investigación y Desarrollo (Koordinator, TeleCom- Provider), SAP AG (Co-Lead, Schwerpunkt auf betriebswirtschaftliche Analysen und den Bau eines Prototyps), University of Ireland, Galway (Expertise insbesondere im Bereich des Semantic Web), University of Kassel (Schwerpunkt auf Szenario-basierten Modellierungsumgebungen), Cyntelix Corporation (Expertise im Bereich Semantisches Web und Kollaborations-plattformen) und Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Fokus auf Semantisches Web und Web 2.0).

Hauptziel des Forschungsprojektes ist die Entwicklung einer webbasierten Plattform, die das effiziente Erstellen so genannter Enterprise Mash-ups erlaubt: Firmen können informations-intensive Dienstleistungen zukünftig in unterschiedlicher Granularität publizieren und so für andere konsumierbar machen. Nutzer werden in die Lage versetzt, diese Dienste dann schnell zu finden und auf intuitive Weise mit anderen zu einer Gesamtapplikation zu kombinieren.

http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_RCN=9844968
Leader contributor(s)
Janner, Till
Member contributor(s)
Schroth, Christoph
Hoyer, Volker
Partner(s)
Teléfónica Investigación y Desarrollo, SAP AG, University of Ireland, Galway, University of Kassel, Cyntelix Corporation, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
Enterprise Mashup
Web2.0
Method(s)
mashup
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  • Publication
    Verbesserte Entscheidungsqualität durch Enterprise Mashups
    (Verlag Vahlen, 2010-06-07)
    Fuchsloch, Andrea
    ;
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    vom Brocke, Jan
    Type: newspaper article
    Journal: Controlling - Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 5
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/96356
  • Publication
    Enterprise Mashup vs. Service Composition: What fits to reach the next stage in End-User Development?
    (Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2009-03-25)
    Büchel, Boris
    ;
    Janner, Till
    ;
    Schroth, Christoph
    ;
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Hinkelmann, Knut
    ;
    Wache, Holger
    While the development of enterprise applications is still relegated to IT departments, we observe a high demand for situational or ad-hoc applications desired by the mass of business end-users. This huge demand cannot be fully implemented by IT departments due to cost reasons and a lack of resources. New approaches in End-User Development (EUD) may help to overcome this gap. Recent approaches emerging in this field comprise new visual composition or programming environments stemming either from Business Process Management and Service-Oriented Architectures or Enterprise Mashup and the Web 2.0 paradigm. In this work, an analysis based on an extended version of the EUD Framework of Sutcliffe et al. is conducted to identify what approach fits to reach the next stage in EUD; the empowerment of the end-users to create their individual solutions with less or even no programming skills required. The analysis indicates that both approaches support EUD to reach this next stage, but Enterprise Mashups currently seem to better satisfy the end-users' demands, especially if situational, ad-hoc, and highly individualized but not too complex solutions have to be developed.
    Type: conference paper
    Journal: Lecture notes in informatics
    Volume: 145
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/76264
  • Publication
    Cloud-based Enterprise Mashup Integration Services for B2B Scenarios
    ( 2009-04-20)
    Siebeck, Robert
    ;
    Janner, Till
    ;
    Schroth, Christoph
    ;
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Wörndl, Wolfgang
    ;
    Urmetzer, Florian
    We observe a huge demand for situational and ad-hoc applications desired by the mass of business end-users that cannot be fully implemented by IT departments. This is especially the case with regard to solutions that support infrequent, situational, and ad-hoc B2B scenarios. End users are not able to implement such solutions without the help of developers. Enterprise Mashup-/ and Lightweight Composition approaches and tools are promising solutions to unleash the huge potential of integrating the mass of end users into development and to overcome this "long-tail" dilemma. In this work, we summarize different patterns on how to realize B2B collaborations between different Mashup platforms. We also evaluate cloud computing infrastructures available on the Web as they might be a suitable platform for B2B integration via Mashups. As a major result, we provide an overview and first results of an architecture and implementation of a prototype that implements an API for Enterprise Mashup integration services. This prototype is built on the basis of different existing cloud infrastructures and services.
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/76199
  • Publication
    Design Principles of Enterprise Mashups
    (Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2009-03-25)
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Stanoevska-Slabeva, Katarina
    ;
    Hinkelmann, Knut
    ;
    Wache, Holger
    A new kind of Web-based application, known as Enterprise Mashups, has been gaining momentum in the last years. Enterprise Mashups implicate a shift concerning a collaborative software development and consumption process. End users combine and reuse existing Web-based resources within minutes to new value added applications in order to solve an individual and ad-hoc business problem. Novel design principles are currently about to emerge allowing to cover the long tail of user needs. In this position paper, we introduce the terminology used in context of this new paradigm and present an Enterprise Mashup Stack which consists of three layers: Web-based resources, widgets, and Mashups. Based on this model, we elaborate on the design principles of upcoming intermediaries and the mass collaboration form, the lightweight composition style as well as the perpetual beta development model. By means of the EU funded research project FAST, we show their real-world applicability. http://www.km-conference2009.org/workshops/KSM09.php
    Type: conference paper
    Journal: Lecture notes in informatics
    Volume: 145
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/76266
  • Publication
    Lightweight Composition of Ad-Hoc Enterprise-Class Applications with Context-aware Enterprise Mashups
    ( 2009-11-23)
    Gilles, Florian
    ;
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Janner, Till
    ;
    Stanoevska-Slabeva, Katarina
    The huge demand for ad-hoc and situational enterprise-class applications led to a new kind of Web-based applications, known as enterprise mashups. End users from the business units with no programming skills are empowered to combine and reuse existing company internal and external resources within minutes to new value added applications. In order to handle the growing number of mashable components, we propose a context-aware concept for enterprise mashups that supports users to find relevant components according to their current situation and to compose them automatically. The designed context model which is structured in the three domains agent, computing and environment is implemented in the SAP Research RoofTop Marketplace prototype to demonstrate its applicability and business benefits.
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/75298
  • Publication
    Business Benefits of Enterprise Mashups
    ( 2010-08-12)
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Kramer, Simone
    ;
    Giessmann, Andrea
    Enterprise mashup is a new development paradigm which empowers users from the business units to create individual applications without the involvement of the IT department. Unlike the service-oriented architecture paradigm, which allows the automation of structured business processes, enterprise mashups represent a technology of the next corporate technology adoption wave characterized by the peer production philosophy. It enables the automation of unstructured processes relevant for knowledge workers which could not be modeled in advanced. An open and unaddressed question in the scientific community is the discussion of the benefits of this new paradigm. This poster closes this gap by presenting a benefit model. We leverage the balance scorecard concept to structure and identify the benefits items from a holistic point of view. By means of a case study and an organized laboratory experiment, we demonstrate the applicability of the benefit model and quantify the benefits.
    Type: presentation
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/96070
  • Publication
    The FAST Platform: An Open and Semantically-enriched Platform for Designing Multi-Channel and Enterprise-Class Gadgets
    (Springer, 2009-11-24)
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Janner, Till
    ;
    Delchev, Ivan
    ;
    Fuchsloch, Andrea
    ;
    López, Javier
    ;
    Ortega, Sebastian
    ;
    Fernández, Rafael
    ;
    Möller, Knud Hinnerk
    ;
    Rivera, Ismael
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    Reyes, Marcos
    ;
    Fradinho, Manuel
    The transfer of the mashup paradigm in corporate environments needs additional capabilities beyond those typically associated with consumer mashups. In this paper, we present the architecture of the FAST platform which allows creating enterprise-class and multi-channel visual building blocks (so called gadgets) in an ad-hoc manner. The design of complex enterprise-class gadgets is supported by an integrated semantic concept which hides the complexity from the actual users. The architectural components of the platform, a technical life cycle model for enterprise mashups, and the FAST gadget ontology are presented. By means of a cross-organizational real-world scenario from the marketing/ promotion event area, we demonstrate the value and potential of the FAST platform. http://www.icsoc.org/
    Type: newspaper article
    Journal: ICSOC and Service Wave 2009
    Issue: 5900
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/75293
  • Publication
    FAST Platform: A Concept for User-Centric, Enterprise Class Mashup
    (Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2009-03-25)
    Hoyer, Volker
    ;
    Janner, Till
    ;
    Schroth, Christoph
    ;
    Delchev, Ivan
    ;
    Urmetzer, Florian
    ;
    Hinkelmann, Knut
    ;
    Wache, Holger
    A new kind of Web-based application, known as Enterprise Mashups, has been gaining momentum in the last years: Business users with no or limited programming skills are empowered to leverage in a collaborative manner existing Mashup components and to combine and reuse existing Web-based resources within minutes to new value added applications in order to solve individual and adhoc business problems. In the frame of the EU funded research project FAST, we are currently developing a new platform which allows business users to build usercentric, enterprise class Mashups. In contrast to existing approaches focusing on mashing up heteogeneous data sources, the envisioned FAST platform proposes a screen flow design resulting in so called gadgets which can be executed in various environments - reaching from Enterprise Mashup environments, social networks, and mobile devices to local desktop applications. The underlying concepts and a first prototype of the FAST Platform are presented in this poster session.
    Type: conference paper
    Journal: Lecture notes in informatics
    Volume: 145
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/76265
  • Publication
    Enterprise Mashup: Putting a face on next generation global SOA
    ( 2007-12-03)
    Janner, Till
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    Cañas Vaz, Miguel Angel
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    Hierro, Juan J.
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    Lizcano, David
    ;
    Reyes, Marcos
    ;
    Schroth, Christoph
    ;
    Soriano, Javier
    ;
    Hoyer, Volker
    Mashup is considered as the central enabler concept/technology of the Web 2.0 era. Based on definitions of [Hof, R.D., (2007)] and [The Economist (2005)] we take the following summary as foundation and definition of a Mashup: A Mash-up is a Web-based resource, be it content or application functionality, which has been created through reuse and composition of two or more different resources. Mashups in an Enterprise context aim at enabling the users to dynamically compose and interconnect their own operational environments and processes in a very simple and flexible fashion. An Enterprise Mashup platform will facilitate flexible, useful and effective user interaction and management with all kind of resources. Especially the integration of Web Service technology is important to mention in an Enterprise context. The creation of so-called Gadgets on top of services enables end-users to understand the not human readable WSDL interfaces of current Service-oriented Architectures. The central topic of the tutorial, Enterprise Mashups, will be presented to the audience with two major parts, theory and practice. The theory part includes the motivation, the necessary definition of important terms and concepts and also an overview of the state of the art with regard to current approaches of mashup platforms. A comprehensive argumentation and presentation of the requirements towards the realization of an Enterprise Mashup platform completes this part. During the practical part of the tutorial, demonstrations of major existing platforms that allow users to create Mashups will be given. The demonstrations include the iGoogle front-site (gadgets can be assembled according to the users' hearts desires), Netvibes (an RSS-aggregator), Yahoo pipes (arbitrary and rich design of content-filters, based on the RSS protocol), WebRPC and Kapow Technologies (one of the first providers to head for so-called Enterprise Mashups). Finally the presenters will give a demonstration with a first prototype of an Enterprise Mashup platform. A practical scenario will be presented that demonstrates the value of an Enterprise Mashup platform. Structure: 1.Motivation for Enterprise Mashups 2.Current approaches and related research work 3.(Enterprise) Mashup foundations in a nutshell 3.1.A definition of Mashup resources in the future internet of services 3.2.Mashup technologies (REST, RSS, piping and wiring, SOAP,�) 3.3.REST as a human-to-service interaction enabler 3.4.Mashups as a user-oriented resource integration enabler 3.5.Towards the internet of services and the role of enterprise mash-ups 4.Live Demo - how to use and develop on current mash-up platforms 4.1.Yahoo pipes 4.2.WebRPC, Kapow Technologies 4.3.iGoogle 5.Demo and Presentation of a prototype Enterprise Mashup environment 5.1.Prototype architecture and technology 5.2.A use case for enterprise Mashup within a big company 5.3.Practical exercise with a first prototype: Mashup of enterprise resources 6.Conclusion and outlook on future research challenges References: Hof, R.D., (2007): Mix, Match, And Mutate, Business Week Magazine, 2005, available online at: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_30/b3944108_mz063.htm, last seen: May 30, 2007 The Economist (2005): Mashing the Web, The Economist 376 (8444), Special section, p. 4 O'Reilly, T. (2007): What is Web 2.0, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html, last seen: May 30, 2007 Additional information at INRIA online bibliography: http://hal.inria.fr/inria-00198145/en/ http://www.christoph-schroth.de
    Type: presentation
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/79876
  • Publication
    Towards a Reference Model for Grassroots Enterprise Mashup Environments
    (Università di Verona, Facoltà di Economia, Departimento de Economia Aziendale, 2009-06-08)
    Hoyer, Volker
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    Stanoevska-Slabeva, Katarina
    ;
    Newell, Susan
    A new kind of Web-based application, known as Enterprise Mashups, has gained momentum in the last years: Business users with no or limited programming skills are empowered to leverage in a collaborative manner user friendly building blocks and to combine and reuse existing Web-based resources within minutes to new value added applications in order to solve an individual and ad-hoc business problem. Current discussions of the Mashup paradigm in the scientific community are limited on technical aspects. The collaboration and the peer production management aspects of the Mashup development have received less attention yet. In this paper, we propose a reference model for Enterprise Mashups which provides a foundation to develop and to analyse grassroots Enterprise Mashup environments from a managerial and collaborative perspective. By following the design science research approach, we investigate existing reference models and leverage the St. Gallen Media Reference Model (MRM). The development of Enterprise Mashups is structured by market transaction phases similar to electronic markets. The user roles, the necessary processes and the resulting services are modelled according to the views of the MRM. By means of the SAP Research RoofTop Marketplace prototype we demonstrate the application of the designed reference model for grassroots Enterprise Mashups environments. WINNER OF THE BEST PAPER AWARD. http://www.ecis2009.it
    Type: conference paper
    URL: http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2009/420/
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/75935